Autoblog and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Deceptive Marketing According to the latest "Tesla is getting sued" story, we're looking at an Autopilot-related case. A class action lawsuit has been filed over Tesla's fully autonomous driving claims that it's been pushing all these years. The suit claims that Tesla promised that its Tesla Hardware 1, 2, 2.5, and 3 configurations are capable of fully autonomous driving, including "coast-to-coast" trips. However, the reality is that the vehicles with the hardware versions listed are incapable of safe and reliable autonomy without human intervention, which has been the case "time and time again," the lawsuit reads. It seems like users were cheated out of buying a Tesla early on, when self-driving technology was still in its infancy. You could say that the brand was a little too eager to sell its cars, claiming too much and delivering too little. People paid a high price to get into a Tesla, with some unlucky individuals paying a much higher price when the system failed to keep them safe. Class Action ClassAction.org reported on this story, stating that Tesla's Autopilot and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) are not as advanced in practice as the brand says. The models included in the suit are vehicles with Tesla Hardware 1, 2, 2.5, and 3 configurations. Back then, Tesla claimed that full autonomous driving could be achieved with the hardware that it installed into its cars, through ads and marketing campaigns since 2016. Elon Musk himself said that all Teslas are equipped with the hardware needed for fully self-driving (FSD) capability. In the real world, the lawsuit contends that Tesla's claims are false. According to the SAE, a U.S.-based standards development organization, Tesla's system can achieve level 2, but the brand claims it can achieve